Is This Our Canada? How Racial Discrimination in Children's Services Undermines the Potential of This Generation of First Nations Children and What You Can do to Help
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada speaks on inequities in funding for Aboriginal children, focusing on Jordan's Principle, Shannen's Dream, and the discrimination complaint lodged with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
Carl Christenson worked for the Saskatchewan Fish Board and met both Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady. He talks about the Saskatchewan Fish Board's aims and its functioning as well as his acquaintance with Norris and Brady.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [26]-31
Description
Explores the author's use of space, in an intellectual, astronomical, atmospheric and geographical sense, and illustrates this by focusing on the poem An Eagle Nation and the essay How Columbus Fell from the Sky and Lighted Up Two Continents.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [139]-149
Description
Lists books, essays, interviews, short stories, publications in which poems have appeared, works about the author, etc.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [67]-73
Description
Discusses the key elements in author's work which demonstrate the formulation of his sense of self and personal identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [109]-138
Description
Selection of correspondence, with Carter Revard, chosen by five recipients.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 81-94
Description
Discusses ramifications of the courts' ruling on a case which alleged discrimination on the part of the federal government's Pilot Sales Program, a program which allowed Aboriginals preferential treatment not only for sustenance salmon fishing, but for commercial purposes as well.
Examines the crucial role between media technologies and the process of Māori cultural revitalization, sustainability and development for post-settlement Ngāi Tahu.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-12
Description
Contends that economics plays an integral part in the management of water resources.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
Description
Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 8, August 2010, p. 1,8
Description
Comments on the celebration at Batoche commemorating the 125th anniversary of the battle and the various activities held during the event.
Article found on page 1 and continued by scrolling to page 8.
Website contains information on the destruction of Aboriginal heritage trees by industrial logging and it impact on First Nations identity and culture. Includes links to resources on totem poles and European trees,and related stories, digital media, and galleries.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 83-100
Description
Looks at health care costs for First Nations people living on and off reserve increasing dramatically by the year 2029 based on data collected in Manitoba and analysing First Nations health.
Features the Canadian architect, Douglas Cardinal, who designed the Canadian Museum of Civilization, First Nations University of Canada and the National Museum of the American Indian. Includes links to biography, project list, organic design, and interpretations.
Assignment to explore the qualities of a hero, leader, & role model, and then research & create a short biography on one to three of those Métis individuals. Designed for primary, junior and intermediate students.
Presents a video of Jason Chamakese and Robert Gladue performing, using flute, hand drum and singing, at the 7th annual Aboriginal Music Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 157-159
Description
Book review of: Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management edited by Marc Stevenson and David Natcher.